Bring joy and hope to children in need

Please follow these instructions and bring your boxes to your nearest collection centre by November 15th. In mid-October, we will publish a list of our collection centres on our web page: www.Operation-Christmas-Child.ch

 

For further information please contact:

Tel.: 061 261 42 44 or WIS-CH@Geschenke-der-Hoffnung.org

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1. Find an empty medium-sized shoe box. Approximate width 20cm, length 30cm and height 10cm. Cover the box in Christmas paper making sure that you wrap the lid and box separately.

 

2. Decide whether your gift will be for a BOY or a GIRL and choose an age category (2-4, 5-9 or 10-14). Tick the appropriate box on the sticker included in this leaflet and glue this to the outside of the lid - on the top right corner.

 

3. Fill the shoe box with gifts and sweets listed on the back. Please DO NOT wrap any items individually or overfill your box. The children are especially happy if you add a greeting card and / or a photo of yourself.

 

4. Secure the lid with an elastic band and DO NOT seal the box as it will need to be checked by a registered and trained collection centre to ensure it meets customs' requirements.

 

5. Important: Please help us to cover the costs for transport, logistics and operations of Fr. 10.- per box. The project is running on the basis of donations alone and can only survive with your help. We kindly ask you to transfer the money with the attached transfer slip. Thank you.

 

Donations:

Postkonto 60-236300-7

Weihnachten im Schuhkarton -Schweiz

Post Finance Basel

IBAN CH14 0900 0000 6023 6300 7

BIC POFICHBE

 

Due to import regulations, all goods have to be NEW. Please select from the following categories:

 

Toys:

• Cuddly toy, doll, small car, yo-yo, small jigsaw, puzzle, etc.

 

Hygiene articles:

• Toothbrush (original wrapping) and toothpaste, hair brush, comb, flannel, towel, hair band, etc.

 

School items:

• Notebook, colouring book, picture book, pencils, pens, crayons, felt-tip pens, ruler, rubber, set square, pair of compasses, chalk, etc.

 

Clothes:

• Hat, cap, gloves, scarf, T-shirt, socks, jumper, trousers, sunglass, etc.

 

Sweets:

• Candy, lollypops, peppermints, glucose (date of expiry must be after June the following year)

 

 

 

 

 

 

Do NOT include this items:

• Used clothes and used toys

• Knives or any sharp objects etc.

• Items that could break or spill, e.g. mirrors, shampoos, bubble bath, toiletry sets or aerosols

• Liquid or perfumed articles

• Medicines (also no fizzy vitamin tablets)

• Poke-Mon, Harry Potter and Yugi-Oh articles

• War-related items, e.g. toy guns, soldiers

• Jelly products (Jelly babies, Maoam, chewing gum, Mentos, etc.)

• Nuts, sugar, noodles, coffee, tea, juice, trail mix, milk products (toffees, candy with milk), cookies, cakes, biscuits, gingerbread etc.